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🚨 Footage shows military selling produce from occupied Tamil land, contradicting parliament claim Footage seen by the Tamil Guardian appears to show Sri Lankan military personnel selling large quantities of vegetables grown on military-occupied Tamil land to a Keells collection centre in Jaffna, directly contradicting claims the deputy defence minister made in parliament only last week. The video shows soldiers transporting and handing over agricultural produce at the collection centre in Urumpirai, along the Palaly Road. It surfaced just days after the deputy defence minister, Aruna Jayasekara, rejected allegations that the military commercially exploits the land it occupies in the North-East, telling parliament that cultivation within military camps was carried out solely for the army's own consumption.
Tamil Guardian16,076 views • 13 days ago
🚨 ‘They shot and killed him unjustly’ - Family of slain Tamil boy speak out The family of the 17-year-old Tamil boy shot dead by Sri Lankan police in Jaffna have slammed the security forces for the killing, stating that he was gunned down while travelling to transport labourers for work. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian60,026 views • 5 months ago
🚨 STF officers filmed assaulting woman during Kilinochchi arrests of children and elderly Footage from in Umaiyalpuram, Kilinochchi, shows officers of Sri Lanka's Special Task Force (STF) assaulting a woman during a confrontation with residents, after which fourteen Tamil civilians, among them young children, schoolgirls and elderly residents, were remanded, in an operation that began over alleged illegal sand mining. The STF had entered the Umaiyalpuram area, residents say, ostensibly to halt alleged illegal sand mining. Tensions escalated when officers attempted to arrest a man found with a tractor in a forest area, prompting a confrontation as his relatives and neighbours gathered at the scene. Additional STF personnel were then deployed, and force was used against the civilians present, with footage of the incident showing officers assaulting a woman. Fourteen people were arrested and produced before the Kilinochchi court, which ordered them remanded pending further proceedings. Those held, according to local sources, include two young children, their parents, two schoolgirls and elderly residents.
Tamil Guardian15,839 views • 1 month ago
Tamil Eelam win CONIFA Asia Cup with a 5-0 victory over East Turkistan ⚽️🏆✨️
Tamil Guardian74,476 views • 1 year ago
🚨 Extremists attempt to storm May 18 remembrance in Colombo, burn Prabhakaran portrait A group of Sinhala Buddhist extremists attempted to disrupt a peaceful remembrance event to mourn "war victims" held at Wellawatte beach in Colombo on Monday, with participants subjected to racist and misogynistic abuse before Sri Lankan police intervened to prevent violence. The remembrance event, organised to honour civilians killed during the final phase of the armed conflict, saw participants light memorial flames and pay floral tributes in memory of those who were massacred during the war’s closing stages. Witnesses stated that a group led by a Sinhala Buddhist monk arrived from the nearby main road area and attempted to charge towards the gathering by crossing the railway tracks adjacent to the beach venue. The group went on to shout racist slogans and directe obscene verbal abuse at Tamil attendees, including women and children present at the event. Several witnesses further stated that members of the group accused mourners of “supporting terrorism” and claimed that those killed in Mullivaikkal were “all terrorists”. Witnesses also stated that a Christian father attending the event, was nearly assaulted during the commotion before several attendees intervened to protect him. The extremist group later burned a photograph of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran while continuing to accuse participants of commemorating "terrorism". 📹 via Lankasri News
Tamil Guardian17,029 views • 2 months ago
🚨 'A Prabhakaran will again be born' – Former Indian General warns of unresolved conflict in Sri Lanka Retired Indian Army Lieutenant General Ata Hasnain has warned that Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict remains unresolved, cautioning that “a Prabhakaran will again be born” within the next two to three decades if Sinhala majoritarianism continues to dominate the island. Read more ⬇️ 📹 NDTV
Tamil Guardian66,525 views • 1 year ago
🚨 'Why do you have to kill Prabhakaran's son?' Hakeem demands war crimes investigation Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem told parliament on Wednesday that the killing of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the 12-year-old son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, must be investigated as a war crime. Speaking during a parliamentary debate, Hakeem referred to renewed attention on the child's murder. He recalled the photographs that emerged after the war showing Balachandran alive and being given a snack in Sri Lankan military custody, before later images showed his body with gunshot wounds to the chest. Drawing comparisons with the treatment of the families of other militant leaders, he noted that the children and family of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) founder Rohana Wijeweera had been protected after Wijeweera was killed, and that the daughter of Easter Sunday attacks mastermind Zahran Hashim had survived. "Wijeweera's family was saved. Zahran's daughter was saved. Why do you have to kill Prabhakaran's son?" he asked. Hakeem stressed that he was not asserting that the killing had taken place, but argued that if it had, it demanded a proper inquiry. "If it is true that such a war crime occurred, and if Prabhakaran's son was killed, then the matter must be investigated. It must be treated as a war crime," he said.
Tamil Guardian11,881 views • 1 month ago
🚨 LEAD - NPP releases pro-LTTE campaign songs ahead of local elections The National People’s Power (NPP) has released a series of Tamil campaign songs for the upcoming local government elections, embracing rhetoric and imagery closely associated with Tamil nationalism and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). One of the songs, circulated by NPP’s Jaffna Member of Parliament Ilankumaran on Facebook, pledges the construction of a bronze statue in Valvettithurai to honour LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian51,552 views • 1 year ago
🚨 UK government questioned in Parliament on justice for Tamils The British government was questioned in Parliament this week on what action it is taking to support Tamils seeking justice for past and ongoing abuses in Sri Lanka. Raising the issue in the House of Commons, Peter Lamb MP 🌹 asked: “What action are the UK Government taking to support Tamils in seeking justice for past and current injustices?” Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian26,225 views • 6 months ago
🚨 Sri Lankan police halt Eelam song at Jaffna concert, summon singer Kokulan Three Tamils, including singer Kokulan, the son of late musician S.G. Santhan, have been summoned to the occupying Sri Lankan police station in Kopay to provide statements, after the security forces abruptly halted a song performance midway at a musical event held in Urumpirai, Jaffna. The incident took place during a performance by the “S.G. Santhan Music Group”, where officers attached to the occupying Sri Lankan police force in Kopay intervened whilst a song relating to Eelam was being performed. According to witnesses, Sri Lankan police officers entered the venue during the performance, instructed organisers to immediately halt the song and warned against continuing with what they described as “LTTE-related” content. Video footage circulating on social media appears to show the performance being abruptly stopped following the police intervention.
Tamil Guardian10,871 views • 2 months ago
🚨 Tamils protest as JVP General Secretary visits London British Tamils gathered in London this afternoon to protest Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)'s General Secretary Tilvin Silva's visit to the city. Outraged by his visit, Tamil protesters tried to push back Silva's car as it entered the car park of Alperton High School in Wembley, where he was attending an event to commemorate those who died during the JVP insurrection in 1987-1989.
Tamil Guardian26,018 views • 8 months ago
🚨 BREAKING – Sri Lanka fires tear gas and water cannons at Tamils, as protests erupt across homeland Sri Lankan security forces shot tear gas and fired water cannons at Tamil students as they marched on Sri Lanka's 76th Independence Day this morning, with Tamils across the North-East launching demonstrations to mark it as a ‘Black Day’. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian63,615 views • 2 years ago
🚨 LEAD - Shock and outrage in Jaffna as Sri Lankan police assault Tamil baby Sri Lankan police officers in Jaffna assaulted several Tamil civilians in Chunnakam last night, including a woman and her 2-month-old baby, in an incident that has sparked outrage and demands for justice, amidst ongoing police brutality. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian46,886 views • 1 year ago
🚨 British MP calls on Foreign Secretary to expand sanction package on Sri Lankan war criminals Uma Kumaran MP called on the UK's Foreign Secretary to expand on the government's sanctions on Sri Lankan war criminals given the lack of political will of the current Sri Lankan government to address war crimes and mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. Read more⬇️
Tamil Guardian21,358 views • 7 months ago
🚨 Drunk Sri Lankan police assault tourists in Jaffna, three hospitalised At least three individuals have been hospitalised following an alleged assault by Sri Lankan police officers in Jaffna, with reports stating the officers were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident. Read more ⬇️ 🔗
Tamil Guardian13,794 views • 4 months ago
🚨 UK Foreign Secretary faces calls to fulfil pledge and refer Sri Lanka to the ICC UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy was questioned on upholding his previous commitments on accountability and referring Sri Lanka to the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week, as he faced questions from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Labour MP Uma Kumaran MP questioned Lammy and pressed him on the lack of accountability for mass atrocities committed in Sri Lanka. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian37,241 views • 1 year ago
🚨 Heroic Tamil man, who rescued others in flood, found dead A Tamil man who risked his life to save fellow passengers when a Jaffna–Colombo bus was swept into floodwaters near Kala Oya has been found dead, four days after he went missing. Thanigasalam Pathmanikethan, a 36-year-old from Kalviyankadu in Jaffna, had been travelling on the long-distance bus when rising floodwaters engulfed the Anuradhapura–Puttalam road. Around sixty passengers were on board when the vehicle became trapped as Cyclone Ditwah battered the island. Read more ⬇️
Tamil Guardian18,766 views • 7 months ago